Milos Keller had tossed in his stack of 79,000 from the big blind and was looked up by Fabian Marrer in middle position.
Milos Keller: Q♠Q♥ 
Fabian Marrer: J♠J♣
Keller made a set on the Q♦A♠2♥5♣6♣ board to secure his double-up. He slammed his fist on the table and let out a loud "Si!" as he raked in the pot.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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The remaining players have been sent on a 65-minute dinner break.
The tournament will resume around 9:20 p.m. local time, only a couple of dozen players off the money.
Luka Sorainen in middle position and Barnaba Perone on the button had created a pot of 100,000 when they arrived on the 6♠8♠3♥J♣ turn. Sorainen then checked to Perone before calling his bet of 36,000.
The 7♣ river was checked by both. Sorainen tabled 6♥5♥ for a pair of sixes, but Perone played an overpair with K♥K♦ and added some more chips to his massive towers.
Giorgio Soceanu had put in a four-bet under the gun, which three-bettor Alice Sicconi called in the cutoff. The pot amounted to 95,000 when Soceanu continued for 26,000 on the 7♣J♦A♥ flop, being called by Sicconi.
The 3♦ turn appeared to slow Soceanu down as he checked to Sicconi. Sicconi placed a bet of 40,000, around a third of her stack. Soceanu wuickly moved all-in, folding out Sicconi after she spent a minute or so weighing her options.
Marco Cuteri and Francesco Cortese had gone all in preflop, with Cuteri's stack of 114,000 at risk.
Marco Cuteri: A♦K♣
Francesco Cortese: Q♥Q♣
Cuteri flopped trips on 4♠K♠K♦ for a big lead and locked up the pot on the A♠ turn. The 10♣ river did not matter anymore as Cuteri's full house doubled him up to a stack of 80 big blinds.
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